This is a record of my journey as a Muslim. I used to be Catholic and belonged to a missionary organisation. After my conversion, I sat on the board of a Muslim converts' organisation and specialised in da'wah programmes, convert management, interfaith issues and apostasy cases. I am an initiate of a Sufi order. As such, the articles and writings tend to cover these areas.
All the Arabic and graphics could not have been done without the help of my wife, Zafirah.

Monday, 5 June 2017

Muhammad ‘Ali (r.a.) Saved a Man from Suicide

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1981 was the last year of Muhammad ‘Ali’s
(r.a.) career as a professional boxer. And it was an eventful year. In mid-January of that year, a 21-year-old man
threatened to jump from the ninth floor of a building in Los Angeles. The police had tried to talk him down to no
avail. A psychologist was sent, and even
a chaplain. It looked like he was going
to jump. But a superhero was in town. Muhammad ‘Ali (r.a.) popped his head
out the next window and said, “You’re my brother. I love you and I wouldn’t lie to you.”

The man was distraught because he
could not get a job and he had tensions with his family. He wept in Muhammad ‘Ali’s
(r.a.) arms. He was sent to
hospital for psychiatric evaluation and to recover.